Dandridge v. Jefferson Parish School Board --/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court

404 U.S. 1219

Lena Vern DANDRIDGE et al.,  v.  JEFFERSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al.No. --.


There are no unusual circumstances in this case. The schools involved have been mired in litigation for seven years. Whatever progress toward desegregation has been made apparently, and unfortunately, derives only from judicial action initiated by those persons situated as perpetual plaintiffs below. The rights of children to equal educational opportunities are not to be denied, even for a brief time, simply because a school board situates itself so as to make desegregation difficult.

The stay is accordingly denied.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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